Combined cabinet and printer for toilet-paper.



I W.. G. STEWART & L. GAUBRMANN.

COMBINED CABINET AND PRINTER FOR TOILET PAPER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 4, 1911.

1,014,026, w Patented Jan. 9,1912.

WZJZZM Q5232 war?- w Mm WILLIAM G. STEWART AND LOUIS GAUERMANN, OFPHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED CABINET AND PRINTER FOR TOILET-PAPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 9,1912.

Application filed May 4, 1911. serial No. 624,993.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM G. STEWART and LOUIS GAUERMANN, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county ofPhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in Combined Cabinets and Printers for Toilet-Paper,of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to new and useful improvements in combined cabinetand printer for toilet-paper, and has for its object to construct adevice of this character which may be placed in the toilet-rooms ofrailway stations or other public buildings, and which when utilized willplace an advertisement before the user, which advertisement is printedwhen the user manipulates the device to obtain the paper.

The device is so constructed as to permit the use of a special ink whichis very slow in evaporating but will readily and quickly dry when theimprint is made upon the paper, and when dry will not blur or rub off.The ink used will also have medicinal properties so that a benefit willbe derived by the use of paper so printed.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterwhich will 'be exceedingly simple in construction, in-

expensive in the cost of manufacture, but strong and durable, thuspreventing the parts from becoming broken or displaced.

'Astill further object of the invention is to provide means for holdinga pad of paper for removing one sheet at a time therefrom, printing uponsaid sheet and delivering the same at an opening provided for suchdelivery.

With these-ends in view, this invention consists in the details ofconstruction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and thenspecifically designated by the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this inventionappertains may understand how to make and use the same, we will describeits construction in detail, referring by letter to the accompanyingdrawing forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is alongitudinal sectional view of our improved cabinet and printer fortoilet paper. Fig. 2, a plan view thereof, a portion of the top wall ofthe cover being broken away, leaving the side walls of said cover insection for clearly illustrating the relation of the different parts toone another,

and Fig. 3, a sectional view of a portion of the cover and box, showingsome of the different constructions which may be used for bearings forthe rolls.

In carrying out our invention as here embodled, (1) represents a box orcabinet having one end open as at 2 and having its side walls providedwith notches 8. In this box is mounted a toilet paper pad holdingdevice, comprising an attaching member 4 which is fastened to' thebottom of the box 1, said attaching member having wire arms 5 movablycarriedby said attaching member, said arms being provided with a plate6, at their outer end, which plate is normally held away from the bottomof the box by a spring 7. Extending away from the plate 6 toward theattaching member 4 is another arm 8 which is inserted in a pocket 9formed with the cardboard backing member 10 of the pad, said backingmember carrying a knife 11 {vhich holds the sheets of paper 12 of thepac.

l3 denotes the type roll on the periphery of which is placed theimpression element 1 1 which is preferably in the form of a rubberstamp. This roll is carried by a shaft 15, that portion of which entersthe roll being squared for carrying some suitable means to prevent therevolution of said shaft without the roll 13. This shaft is journaled insuitable bearings carried by the cover 16, the bearing therefor beinghere shown as a hole 17 in the side walls of said cover, and when thebearings are in the form of holes, it permits the shaft to be passedtherethrough and also through the roll. This shaft has a hand wheel 18whereby the shaft and roll may be revolved, and on the opposite end maybe mounted a nut or other retaining device 19 to prevent the withdrawalof said shaft.

The roll 18 carries a gear 20 which meshes with an idle pinion 21mounted upon a short shaft 22 which is preferably formed with one of theside walls of the cover. This pinion meshes with another gear 23 carriedby a gripping roll 24 having a reduced sectional portion 25, thusproducing two relatively wide flanges 26, on each of which is mounted africtional grip 27, said grip being sandpaper or other similar fabric.The gripping roll 24 is mounted upon a shaft 28, the ends of which arejournaled in the bearings 29, which as here shown are formed with theside walls of the cover, the shaft being held in place by a cap 30mounted upon the bearing and held thereagainst by the screws 31.

32 is a distributing roll, the perlphery of which is covered with afabric 33, which fabric transfers the ink from the font roll 34 to theimpression device carried by the type roll. This distributing roll ismounted upon a shaft 35, the ends of' which are mounted in bearings 36,each of said bearings comprising a pair of parallel ribs 37 formedintegral with the side walls of the cover and running at an angle to thelower edge of said cover, thereby producing a groove 38 with whichregisters the ends of the shaft 35. In these bearings are also mountedthe ends of the shaft 39, running through the font roll 34, said fontroll being held in frictional contact with the distributing roll 32 bysprings 40, one end of each spring being attached to the shaft 39 andthe opposite end of a pin or projection 41. These springs through themedium of the roll 34, hold the roll 32 in engagement with theimpression device 14.

The font roll 34 is covered with a number of layers of absorbentmaterial 42, and on this is placed the ink, said ink being absorbed bythe fabric 42 then transmitted in even small amounts to the impressiondevice upon the type roll. As these rolls are revolved, the uppermostsheet of paper is removed from the pad by the gripping device 27 andcarried forward until its front edge engages the carrier roll 43 whichis covered with a suitable fabric 44, said fabric acting as a cushioningmeans for the impression device, said carrier roll being held infrictional contact with the type roll by a pair of springs 45, one endof each of said springs being attached to the shaft 46 which passesthrough the roll and has its ends mounted in the slots 3, the oppositeend of each of said springs being fastened to a pin or projection 47.

The operation of the device is as follows :-The entire cabinet may beset upon a shelf or hung upon the wall so that the bottom of the box 1lies against the wall with the open end 2 at the bottom. Then byrevolving the hand wheel 18, the type roll 13 will be revolved throughthe medium of the shaft 15 which will cause the roll 24 to be revolvedin the same direction as the type roll, through the medium of the trainof gears. During the revolution of the gripping roll the grip 27 willremove the uppermost sheet of paper from the pad, which pad is held incontact with the gripping roll by the spring 7, forcing said sheet ofpaper forward to the carrier roll 43 which will carry said sheet ofpaper between said roll 43 and the type roll 13 producing an inkedimpression upon the sheet of paper,

the impression device being engaged through the medium of thedistributing roll 32 from the fontroll 34. The sheet of paper will thendrop downward and be forced out through the open end 2 of the cabinet.

Of course we do not wish to be limited to the exact details ofconstruction as here shown, as these may be varied within the limits ofthe appended claims without departing from the spirit of our invention.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new anduseful, is

1. In a cabinet and printer for toilet paper, the combination of a box,one end of which is open, a resilient paper pad holding device, theouter end of which is normally forced away from the bottom of the box, acover, a type roll, a shaft passing through the walls of the cover andsaid type roll, a hand wheel carried by said shaft for revolving thetype roll, an impression device mounted upon the periphery of the typeroll, a gripping roll for removing the uppermost sheet of paper from thepad, means for revolving said gripping roll and the type rollsimultaneously in the same direction, means for supplying ink to thetype roll, and a carrier roll mounted in the box in frictionalengagement with the type roll.

2. In a cabinet and printer for toilet paper, the combination of a box,one'end of which is open, a resilient paper pad holding device, theouter end of which is normally forced away from the bottom of the box, acover, a type roll, a shaft passing through the walls of the cover andsaid type roll, a hand wheel carried by said shaft for revolving thetype roll, an impression device mounted upon the periphery of the typeroll, a gripping roll for removing the up permost sheet of paper fromthe pad having a reduced portion forming relatively wide flanges, agripping device mounted upon each of said flanges for engaging the uppersheet of the pad and removing the same from the pad, means for revolvingthe type roll and gripping roll simultaneously in the same direction,and a carrier roll in frictional engagement with the type roll acting asa cushion for the impression devlce.

3. In a cabinet and printer for toilet paper, the combination of a box,one end of which is open, a resilient paper pad holding device, theouter end of which is normally forced away from the bottom of the box, acover, a type roll, a shaft passing through the walls of the cover andsaid type roll, a hand wheel carried by said shaft for revolving thetype roll, an impression device mounted upon the periphery to the typeroll, a gripping roll for removing the uppermost sheet of paper from thepad, having a reduced portion forming relatively wide flanges, agripping device mounted upon each of said flanges for engaging the uppersheet of the pad and removing the same from the pad, a gear wheelcarried by the type roll and the gripping roll, an intermediate pinionmeshing with said gear wheel for causing the gripping roll to revolvesimultaneously with and in the same direction as the type roll when thelatter is revolved, a carrier roll in frictional engagement with thetype roll for carrying the sheet of paper forward, and acting as acushion for the impression device, and means for supplying theimpression device with ink.

4. In a cabinet and printer for toilet paper, the combination of a box,one end of which is open, a resilient paper pad holding device, theouter end of which is normally forced away from the bot-tom of the box,a cover, a type roll, a shaft passing through the walls of the cover andsaid type roll, an impression device mounted upon the periphery of thetype roll, a gripping roll for removing the uppermost sheet of paperfrom the pad, having a reduced portion forming relatively wide flanges,a gripping device mounted upon each of said flanges for engaging theupper sheet of the pad and removing the same from the pad, a gear wheelcarried by the type roll and the gripping roll, an intermediate pinionmeshing with said gear wheel for causing the gripping roll to revolvesimultaneously with and in the same direction as the type roll when thelatter is revolved, a carrier roll, a shaft on which said carrier rollis mounted, the ends of said shaft being journaled in the box, lugscarried by the inner side walls of the box, springs, one end of eachspring engaging one of the lugs, the opposite end of said springsengaging the shaft of the carrier roll for normally holding said carrierroll in frictional engagement with the type roll, a jacket of fabriccovering the carrying roll, and means for supplying the type roll withink.

5. In a cabinet and printer for toilet paper, the combination of a box,one end of which is open, a resilient paper pad holding device, theouter end of which is normally forced away from the bottom of the box, acover, a type roll, a shaft passing through the walls of the cover andsaid type roll, an impression device mounted upon the periphery of' thetype roll, a gripping roll for removing the uppermost sheet of paperfrom the pad, having a reduced portion forming relatively wide flanges,a gripping device mounted upon each of said flanges for engaging theupper sheet of the pad and removing the same from the pad, a gear wheelcarried by the type roll and the gripping roll, an intermediate pinionmeshing with said gear wheel for causing the gripping roll to revolvesimultaneously with and in the same direction as the type roll when thelatter is revolved, a carrier roll, a shaft on which said carrier rollis mounted, the ends of said shaft being jo-urnaled in the box, lugscarried by the inner side walls of the box, springs, one end of eachspring engaging one of the lugs, the opposite end of said springsengaging the shaft of the carrier roll for normally holding said carrierroll in frictional engagement with the type roll, a jacket of fabriccovering the carrying roll, and a font roll for supplying ink to thetype roll.

6. In a cabinet and printer for toilet paper, the combination of a box,one end of which is open, a resilient paper pad holding device, theouter end of which is normally forced away from the bottom of the box, acover, a type roll, a shaft pasing through the walls of the cover andsaid type roll, an impression device mounted upon the periphery of thetype roll, a gripping roll for removing the uppermost sheet of paperfrom the pad, having a reduced portion forming relatively wide flanges,a gripping device mounted upon each of said flanges for engaging theupper sheet of the pad and removing the same from the pad, a gear wheelcarried by the type roll and the gripping roll, an intermediate pinionmeshing with said gear wheel for causing the gripping roll to revolvesimultaneously with and in the same direction as the type roll when thelatter is revolved, a carrier roll, a shaft on which said carrier rollis mounted, the ends of said shaft being journaled in the box, lugscarried by the inner side walls of the box, springs, one end of eachspring engaging one of the lugs, the opposite end of said springsengaging the shaft of the carrier roll for normally holding said carrierroll in frictional engagement with the type roll, a jacket of fabriccovering the carrying roll, a fontv roll carrying ink for the impressiondevice, and means for distributing the ink from the font roll to theimpression device.

7. In a cabinet and printer for toilet paper, the combination of a box,one end of which is open, a resilient paper pad holding device, theouter end of which is normally forced away from the bottom of the box, acover, a type roll, a shaft passing through the walls of the cover andsaid type roll, an impression device mounted upon the periphery of thetype roll, a gripping roll for removing the uppermost sheet of paperfrom the pad, having a reduced portion forming relatively wide flanges,a gripping device mounted upon each of said flanges for engaging theupper sheet of the pad and re moving the same from the pad, a gear wheelcarried by the type roll and the gripping roll, an intermediate pinionmeshing with &

said gear wheel for causing the gripping roll to revolve simultaneouslywith and in the same direction as the type roll when the latter isrevolved, a carrier roll, a shaft on which said carrier roll is mounted,the ends of said shaft being journaled in the box, lugs carried by theinner side walls of the box, springs, one end of each spring engagingone of the lugs, the opposite end of said springs engaging the shaft ofthe carrier roll for normally holding said carrier roll in frictionalengagement with the type roll, a acket of fabric covering the carryingroll, a font roll carrying ink for the impression device, and adistributing roll in frictional engagement with the font roll and theimpression device for transmitting the ink from the font roll to theimpression device.

8. In a cabinet and printer for toilet paper, the combination of a box,one end of which is open, a resilient paper pad holding device, theouter end of which is normally forced away from the bottom of the box, acover, a type roll, a shaft passing through the walls of the cover andsaid type roll, an impression device mounted upon the periphery of thetype roll, a gripping roll for removing the uppermost sheet of paperfrom the pad, having a reduced portion forming relatively wide flanges,a gripping device mounted upon each of said flanges for engaging theupper sheet of the pad and removing the same from the pad, a gear wheelcarried by the type roll and the gripping roll, an intermediate pinionmeshing with said gear wheel for causing the gripping roll to revolvesimultaneously with and in the same direction as the type roll when thelatter is revolved, a carrier roll, a shaft on which said carrier rollis mounted, the ends of said shaft being journaled in the box, lugscarried by the inner side walls of the box, springs, one end of eachspring engaging one of the lugs, the opposite end of said springsengaging the shaft of the carrier roll for normally holding said carrierroll in frictional engagement with the type roll, a jacket of fabriccovering the carrying roll, font roll, the shaft of which is journaledin the cover, an absorbent fabric covering the periphery of said fontroll for holding the ink, a distributing roll, the shaft of which isjournaled in the cover, a fabric surrounding said roll, and springs, oneend of each attached to a portion of the cover, the opposite endsengaging the shaft of the font roll for holding said font roll infrictional engagement with the distributing roll and the distributingroll in frictional engagement with the impression device.

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto afiixed our signatures in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

W'ILLIAM G. STEWART. LOUIS GAUERMANN.

WVitnesses:

W. HAMILTON ROSE, NELLIE HOUCK-TAY.

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